Assa vs Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.8/10 for Assa). Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 33m. Assa is the older of the two (1987 against 2001). Both are crime, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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AssaSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 7.0/10
Year19872001
Length2h 33m2h 12m
GenresCrime, Drama, Music, RomanceCrime, Drama, Horror, Music
Country––
DirectorSergey SolovyovLonny Price
Main castAleksandr Bashirov, Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Alexandr DomogarovNeil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone, George Hearn, Stephen Sondheim, Davis Gaines

Synopsis

Assa

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.

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